Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 840

[Chapter 186 Betrayal]

“Father, you are not in good health now, and the doctor won’t let you go out! You have to believe that Titus and the others can handle this matter!” Lucius pressed his father and urged eagerly.

While the two were arguing, Titus came in.

Lucius happened to see him and asked in surprise: “Titus, why are you back so soon?! Everything in the camp has calmed down?!”

Lucius said, winking at him.

Titus was obviously not in the mood to pay attention. He looked tired and looked at Camillous on the couch with a worried look, and said eagerly: “Lord Dictator, as soon as I heard that you are awake, I will come right away. Here comes the messengers of Ilki and Tarcuna, who say that Kethrela and Vie have fallen, and demand that their armies be withdrawn, so that their city-state may not be invaded by the Dionysians—”

“If so What these envoys said about Kesrela and Viai were occupied by the Dionysians, how did they get to the camp? Titus, do you confirm that they are really the envoys of Volch and Tarcuna?!” Lucius immediately questioned.

“We all know the people who came, Messara, the consul of Walch, and Corda, the elder of Tarcuna. They arrived at Adi by boat, then landed and rushed over. According to them, Dionia Their warships did not intercept them.”

Titus replied indignantly: “As soon as they arrived at the camp, they spread the word about the fall of Caserera and Wei’ai, and the originally restless camp became completely chaotic. , not only the Etruscan army is going to leave, but the soldiers of the colonial city on the north bank of the Tiber River are going to leave, and some Latin allied armies also want to leave! Now, Quintus and the others are blocking the gates of several camps with their troops. The Luria declared, ‘If you don’t let them go, they’ll break in!’ Now there’s a skirmish between the two sides, so I’m here to ask you for instructions!”

“It’s all Dionians. The conspiracy!” Lucius shouted angrily: “Damn Etruscans! Damn Latin city-states! And those Roman civilians who should be crucified! …”

At this moment, Camelus calmed down, and he let out a long sigh: “A fire in Ostia… burnt out the soldiers’ hope of fighting, Kathrela… and Wei Ai’s fall and disintegration. Our army… King Dionia… alas…”

Camelus suddenly stopped speaking, he lay quietly, his eyes slightly closed.

“Father!”

“Lord Dictator!” The two shouted worriedly.

After a while, Camelus asked: “Titus…have you asked them, even if…the Etruscan army is separated from us…how will they get back?”

Titus immediately replied: “Ask They

said they would cross the river from the upper reaches of the Tiber, and immediately head east into the mountains, bypassing Viai. That mountain area is still controlled by their Etruscans, and it is relatively safe…”

Camelus slightly Nodding, his expression remained unchanged, and he said intermittently: “From the current situation…it is no longer possible to force them to stay…otherwise…it will only lead to a civil war in the camp…No matter who wins or loses…they will benefit. It will only be the Dionians, and our… friendly relations…with the Etruscan…colonial cities…even the Latin allies…will be completely destroyed…in this case…and It’s

better to let them go…”

“Lord Dictator!” Titus said eagerly: “Since we returned from Helniki, fought against the Dionians and now, plus the civilian soldiers who fled, we have Nearly 30,000 people lost! If the Etruscans, colonial citizens, and Latin Confederate armies were all left, we would have less than 15,000 soldiers left, not only unable to retake Rome, but also at risk of being attacked by Dionysus Attack of the demihumans!”

“Titus!” Camelus shouted with great effort, and then said with remorse: “I made a big mistake before… As soon as I heard that Rome had fallen, I wished I could immediately Taking it back…that’s why…the army suffered so many casualties…and got into such a big predicament…it’s all my fault…”

“No, Lord Dictator, it is not your idea to quickly retake the city of Rome, it is the desperate hope of our soldiers!” Titus is not just comforting him, because what he said is also the truth.

“Now we all know that… quickly regaining Rome is… an impossible thing…” Camelus sighed softly, coughed a few times, revealing a hint of pain: “Attack an Aussie Tia… are all so difficult… Then, what happens when Rome is really attacked…?!”

Titus and Lucius couldn’t refute, because it was a fact, so they kept silent.

At this time, Camelus opened his eyes, and his eyes flashed: “Titus, do you remember how we defeated the Celts?!… We attacked a branch of the Celts. Requisition squads…attack the raiding forces they sent out to raid other villages…victory after victory…to the Latins…the Etruscans…the Sabines who were poisoned by the Celts… Join us…the team is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball…while the Celts are forced to stay in the city of Rome…don’t dare to leave the city…then they were too scared to fight us head-on…the only choice We retreated…but we were caught up and defeated in the end!”

Camelus’ voice gradually became more and more powerful: “That war…I remember that it lasted for more than half a year, and then we dealt with the powerful Dio.

Nias, we…we should also adopt such a strategy, only by insisting on a long-term battle with the Dionias…can we finally win!”

Titus was a little moved, but he felt a little uneasy: ” The Dionysians didn’t only know the Celts who burned, killed and looted, they were more cunning than the Celts!”

“But…the original Celts didn’t have such a powerful enemy as Carthage…Samona!” Camillous responded confidently.

Titus was persuaded, and he immediately said: “I will immediately convey your message to Quintus and the others…”

Although Quintus clearly opposed Camillous’ decision, the Roman generals finally reached an agreement. Agreed: the Etruscan troops were allowed to leave, but they were to accompany the colonial soldiers and ensure their safe return to their homeland.

After the troops left, the generals generously allowed the Latin Allied troops to return to their respective city-states. These Latin Allied generals did not leave in a hurry like the Etruscans, but rushed to the tents one after another. Sincerely express to Camillous: As long as he has a call, their city-state is willing to continue to fight with Rome at any time, and drive away the outsider Dionia!

Watching the troops fighting side by side leave one by one, it had a great impact on the Roman soldiers still in the camp, and they would inevitably panic. Calm down the chaos in the camp.

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A coalition force of about 13,000 Etruscans and Roman colonies marched eastward and arrived in the Tustron area in the evening, where they rested in camp After one night, arrived at Phedina on the afternoon of the second day and crossed the Tiber by pontoon bridge.

Just when they left the river bank and were about to go further east into the mountains, they found that the Dionian army was already lined up in front, blocking their way, and the panicked coalition soldiers had to prepare for a desperate fight.

Just as the two armies were about to approach, the Etruscan troops in the cities of Volchi and Tarcuna suddenly turned their shields and spears and attacked the flanks of the Roman colony’s soldiers.

The Roman soldiers did not expect the sudden betrayal of their allies, unsuspecting, and plunged into chaos.

The Dionysian army took advantage of the situation to attack from the front, and the coalition forces were quickly collapsed.

Except for a very small number of Roman colonial soldiers who escaped by escaping the Tiber River and hid in the city of Phedena, most of them were captured.

The soldiers of the other Etruscan city-states also surrendered, and the Dionian army was victorious with little loss.

It turned out that Printols led the mountain reconnaissance team to attack the city of Kethreira successfully at night, but a small number of Kethrela people fled to the adjacent city of Tarcuna during the night.

The Tarcuna people were shocked, and the Dionysians were in Los Angeles overnight. Their powerful force made them feel fear, and now Tarcuna, who lacked young and middle-aged citizens, was obviously unable to resist the continued attack of the Dionysian army. , so Tarcuna sent people to urgently notify the neighboring Etruscan city-state of Walch, while sending messengers to Kathrela to find out.

After Printoles won Casereira, UU read www.sonicmtl.com immediately sent someone back to Rome to report the victory to Davos.

Davos was overjoyed, and immediately dispatched two brigades from the Third Army to Kathrela City to garrison in accordance with the plan in advance.

When the messenger of Tarcuna arrived at Kethrela City, Printoles was busy, not only to quickly stabilize the order in the city, but also to deal with the complicated affairs of the port in time, because King Davos repeatedly emphasized: Do not plunder and invade the merchant ships of other city-states, except to seize the ships of Kethrela and Carthage.

As for the arrival of the messenger from Tarcuna, Printoles just told him that if he had any proposals or requests, he could go to Rome to discuss with His Majesty the King.

Seeing that the general Dionia, who occupied Kethreira City, did not speak ill or even threatened with force, the envoy from Tarcuna relaxed a little, so he really rushed to Rome.

Not long after, Walch’s messenger also arrived.

Davos received them very kindly, and expressed his desire for the Kingdom of Dionia to form an alliance with the Etruscan city-states to fight against the Romans.